LISTEN HERE: Exclusive Interview With New Lib Dem Leader Tim Farron
Listen here to our exclusive interview with the South Lakes MP and the newly elected Liberal Democrat Party Leader Tim Farron. Our reporter Amy Scarisbrick asked Mr Farron how he would manage juggling...
View ArticleUHMBT Presses Hygiene Message
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is again reminding visitors to help keep the wards free of infection, by putting the message on its social media channels. Visitors are being asked...
View ArticlePolice Warn Against "Open Door Policy"
Cumbria Police are reminding people again, not to have an ‘open door’ policy at their homes. The force says that during the summer months, reports of burglary rise due to doors and windows being left...
View ArticleWoman Hurts Leg In Aira Force Fall
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team went to help a woman who got hurt walking at Aira Force, near Ullswater yesterday. The 48-year old suffered a lower leg injury just after 1pm. The volunteers...
View ArticleNew Images Created For Glebe Transformation
New artist impressions have been created for the planned transformation of the Glebe in Bowness. The images show fewer barriers and a larger crossing point for people trying to get from the Glebe to...
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Two Walkers Rescued From Lake District Fells
Two walkers needed rescuing on the Lake District fells yesterday afternoon. In the first incident on Stickle Ghyll, the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team helped a 71-year old man with a...
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Have Your Say On Keswick Road Speed Limit
Speed limits on several roads in Allerdale - including High Hill in Keswick, could be lowered or extended. Cumbria County Council's proposals follow a review of speed limits across the Allerdale...
View ArticleEmergency Flood Planning Exercise To Be Held In Keswick
An emergency flood planning exercise is being held in Keswick next month. Volunteers are needed on Monday the third of August, where they will play the role of evacuees. It's being held at St...
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Red Squirrel Numbers "Encouraging", Report Says
A new study has found that the number of Cumbria's Red Squirrels remains strong. The survey by 'Red Squirrels Northern England' says that's despite what are described as "perfect environmental...
View ArticleVacant Kendal Building To Become New Business Hub
A vacant Kendal town centre site is to become a 3,300 square foot facility for modern offices, with space for small and medium sized enterprises, start ups, and micro-businesses. Invest in South...
View ArticleKendal Police Investigate Burglary Spate
Police in Kendal are investigating a spate of burglaries in the town over a five day period. There was an attempted burglary on Church Walk between Friday night and Saturday morning. A garage on...
View ArticleCCTV Appeal After School Roof Damaged
Cumbria Police has released a CCTV picture of two males they'd like to speak to after a school roof in Kendal was vandalised. £2,000 worth of damage was done at Queen Katherine School on Appleby Road...
View ArticleOvernight J34-35 M6 Closures Postponed
Overnight closures scheduled to begin on the M6 between Lancaster and Carnforth from tonight, have been postponed. The stretch between junctions 34 and 35 was going to be shut between 10pm and 5am for...
View ArticleUniversity Of Cumbria's Vice Chancellor To Retire
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria has announced he's to retire. Professor Peter Strike will step down from the role at the end of July 2016. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has paid tribute...
View ArticleNew Inquest Ordered Into Baby Poppi Death
The High Court's ordered a new inquest into how a 13-month-old girl from Cumbria died in 2012. The previous one took less than 10 minutes to decide the death of Poppi Worthington from...
View ArticleAppeal Launched To Find Two Boys In Windermere
Cumbria Police are appealing for help to find a boy in Windermere, thought to be aged 12 to 13 years old, who was with a 2 to 3 year old boy in a pram. Concern was raised after a sighting by a member...
View ArticleRestorative Justice Hub Set Up In Cumbria
A hub's been set up for victims of crime in Cumbria to try restorative justice. That's where victims meet those who committed the crime against them, in the hope it'll help persuade them not to...
View ArticleCumbria Winter Snow Plan Agreed
It may be the middle of summer; but Cumbria County Council's setting out its recommendations to deal with snow this winter. The budget to keep the county moving during wintry conditions has been kept...
View ArticleCouncil Responds To Nuclear Plant Consultation
Cumbria County Council will decide its formal response today to an energy giant's plan for a new nuclear power station near Sellafield. nuGen's going to build the plant at Moorside - it's started an...
View Article60th Anniversary Of Campbell's Maiden Water Speed Record
It's exactly sixty years to the day that Donald Campbell achieved his first world water speed record in the Lake District. On the 23rd of July in 1955, he not only set the record, but also broke the...
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